Conservation Workshops

PRC has been facilitating Conservation Workshops since 2000 to over 30,000 particpants.  These workshops teach the general public the importact of Backyard and Worm Composting, Watershed Awareness and Rain Barrels, Green Cleaning, and more.

Backyard Composting Workshops

It’s Time to Compost!! Not sure what to do with your kitchen, garden and yard scraps? Would you like natural, home-made compost for your lawns and gardens in the spring? Then expand your recycling efforts to include kitchen scraps and yard debris by signing up for a Backyard Composting Workshop and turn your yard waste and food […]

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Vermicomposting Workshops

Worm Your Way into Composting with PRC! Not sure what to do with your kitchen, garden and yard scraps? Would you like natural, home-made fertilizer for your lawns and gardens in the spring? Then expand your recycling efforts to include kitchen scraps by signing up for a Vermicomposting Workshop and them into a valuable resource for your garden. While they require […]

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Watershed & Rain Barrel Workshops

Let’s Celebrate the Rain! PRC offers two wonderful Watershed Awareness & Rain Barrel Workshop series across the Commonwealth. Rain barrels are a great way to conserve water, to supply non-chlorinated water for gardening, and to keep excess water out of the stormwater system, thus alleviating some of the stormwater issues plaguing the region.  Workshop attendees […]

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Healthy Body & Healthy Home Workshop

In 1962 Rachel Carson stated “For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.” This statement was true then and continues to be true today. We all are exposed to a number of different chemicals, carcinogens, […]

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Recycling Awareness Program

It’s time to talk “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse!” PRC’s Recycling Awareness Program shares answers to common questions surrounding recycling in southwestern Pennsylvania such as: Lids on? Lids off? Rinse? Wash? Labels on? Labels off? Which plastics are acceptable? What about a window? Broken plastic toys? Electronics? Tires? Plastic bags? Polystyrene? Appliances? Textiles? What materials are accepted […]

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